Power Producer Specifications

Power Producer Product Details

Capture, Import, and Enhance High-Definition Videos

PowerProducer 5 includes multiple capture modes and offers many enhancement tools.

Capture all, author allCapture all, author all

PowerProducer is the solution for users of DV and HDV camcorders alike: whether you own a DV or HDV camcorder, prefer .mpg, .mp4 or .avi, your new software will handle it! Now you can also capture video in high-definition formats such as AVCHD.

Import any file format

You can import existing files from your hard drive or scenes from discs, so that you can even give a second life to older clips by including them in any new project you wish to undertake.

Capture & author TV content

Capture & author TV contentYou are not limited to what you shoot with your camera: with PowerProducer 5, you can capture television content with a TV tuner card (digital and analog TV), so that you can enrich your projects with pieces from even more sources that you like.

Create amazing-sounding discs

PowerProducer supports the encoding of video with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, so that you can retain the original sound quality of your recordings, and create discs that are compatible with your Dolby Digital playback devices. You can feel the movie theater experience, right from your sofa.

Enhance Videos and Photos Like Magic

Fix videos & pictures with powerful tools

Fix videos & pictures with powerful toolsNobody said you had to shoot perfect videos in the first place. Whether it is a shaky video issue, poor lighting, noise, or red eyes, PowerProducer 5 helps you fix it.

Magic Style will automatically create a movie for you, complete with your selected theme, music, and duration.
Magic Fix instantly corrects shaky videos, sharpens blurry images, and removes red eyes in one simple step.
Magic Clean automatically adjusts lighting and removes excess noise.
Magic Cut analyzes video content to automatically keep the best bits.
Magic Motion automatically applies pan and zoom effects to photos.

Create discs that revive your photosCreate discs that revive your photos

PowerProducer 5 agrees with you: photos have a place in movies too! This is why you get to work with pictures in ways similar to videos.

Display your photos in either a landscape or portrait layout, and rotate them to achieve the most effective orientation.
Set which photo will appear as your thumbnail image on your disc menu.
Choose a style and automatically create a stunning slideshow.

Create Stylish Disc Menus

PowerProducer lets you dress your video projects with a disc menu theme to match the stories you want to tell and the precious memories you want to preserve.

Author your discs

Start by choosing a menu template for your video. PowerProducer offers a selection of finely designed templates for you to choose from. You can then add chapters to make navigation easier through your disc.

Create pro results with a cool choice of menu templates including your own video or photo backgrounds, and animated thumbnail buttons. Alpha-blended menus offer extra style and detail.

For even more professional results:

Insert a video opening sequence by importing either a First Play Video; opening credits, a copyright notice, or a short video you've made yourself.
Add background audio to your menu templates, such as a music track or dialog you've recorded yourself. You can set fade in and out, and edit the length directly.
Personalize your discsType in a text title: set the color, size, alignment and font that best suit your menu design and video content.

Personalize your discs

Choose the number and position of chapter thumbnails. Edit your title and move your buttons to give a personal touch to your disc. PowerProducer 5 supports full motion menus, where your own video blends with built-in designs for a new disc navigation experience, so that your movie really keeps you and your audience excited.
Adjust the Length of Your Videos in Seconds

PowerProducer 5 lets you make last minute adjustments to your movie in no time.
Make quick edits with trim and cut tools

Cut, trim, merge clips - creating stories from your video content is child's play!

The following useful editing tools provide options for fine tuning the length of your videos. You can access these features directly from the authoring interface:

AB Cut lets you trim the ends of a clip or cut out the middle and keep the end portion
Merge will merge multiple clips into a single clip to permit smooth and continuous play
Split can be used to split a long video clip into two or more clips for further editing

Burn Your Authored Video to Any Format You Like

PowerProducer 5 includes multiple capture modes and offers many enhancement tools.
The choice of authoring, the flexibility of burning

Create VCDs and dazzling DVDs. Whichever disc format you choose, PowerProducer ensures that authoring and playback of your creations is easy and fun.
File formats for your video content Disc types that you can burn to

DVD-Video, AVCHD DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+R DL
DVD-Video, DVD-VR, AVCHD
DVD-RW
DVD-Video, DVD+VR, AVCHD
DVD+RW
DVD-VR
DVD-RAM
VCD, SVCD CD-R, CD-RW

Skip the menu design process and burn directly to disc (Right-to-Disc™)
Skip the menu design process and burn directly to disc (Right-to-Disc™)

You will like this if you have little time or disc space: with Right-to-Disc™, you can create discs directly as you record videos and photos on your high-definition or standard-definition cameras and camcorders.

Share Your Authored Discs With Friends

Play discs anywhere

PowerProducer ensures that the discs you produce will play as remarkably on a PC as on a home disc player. Actually, you don't even have to carry a disc with you if you prefer to upload your movie to YouTube! That way, you are sure that you can enjoy your videos anywhere you go!

Watch disc content on widescreen TVs and PC displays

Upload video files to YouTube
Create beautiful slideshow discs from your digital photos
Bring your photos to life by creating slideshows featuring background audio, your choice of transition effects, and flexible duration.
Let PowerProducer create a slideshow automatically.
Retouch your pictures with powerful tools until you reach the results you desire.
Set the order and duration in which your photos are displayed.

System Requirements

Operation System

Windows Vista / XP / 2000 (Home or Professional editions)

DV/HDV

OHCI IEEE 1394 compliant device

Burning

A burning device is required for burning CDs, VCDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs.

CPU

DVD authoring: Intel Pentium II 450 MHz or AMD Athlon 500 MHz
HD authoring and direct DV/HDV recording: Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 3000+ and above

Memory